My Warriors.

Warriors in my family, they did not go to battle,

but they slayed through life's toughest challenges,

with grace and resilience that's hard to rattle.

A woman married at 19, kids in her early twenties,

her hard work disrespected by husband and offspring,

yet she's the one blamed for all their follies.

Another woman wed an abusive spouse,

left with her 18-year-old son to start anew,

built a career and a life she could proudly espouse,

but society judges her for being happy alone, who knew?

An extroverted kid with bad grades, grown to maturity,

now responsible for an entire household to run,

with little income and a child's care as her priority,

why the pressure, when she never wanted this to be done?

A woman of rare talents, fell in love with the right guy,

the world hailed their love story as perfect and ideal,

but it meant giving up on her dreams and flying high,

was it worth sacrificing her potential to make a deal?